violin bow

photo: Waldemar Kielichowski © Institute of Music and Dance, Warsaw

Maker: Unknown
Owner: Franciszek Kotula Ethnographic Museum in Rzeszów
Inventory number: MRE 3622b
Description: an early form of bow; frog made of a piece of wood attached to the stick using a piece of wire; three notches on the stick enable stepwise regulation of hair tension (only fragmentary hair has been preserved)
Measurements: 385 mm
Materials: wood, metal, black horse hair
Catalog card by: Jolanta Pękacz / Zbigniew J. Przerembski


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